Goldar Battles The Zords In New POWER RANGERS Image; Details On Controversial Redesign Revealed

Goldar Battles The Zords In New POWER RANGERS Image; Details On Controversial Redesign Revealed

Two new images from the upcoming Power Rangers have been released, featuring a detailed look at Goldar taking on the Zords while the movie's director and designer weigh in on his new look...

By JoshWilding - Mar 09, 2017 11:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Power Rangers
Source: Entertainment Weekly
The new designs for the upcoming Power Rangers have generated a lot of discussion in recent months, with Goldar's literal gold makeover proving to be particularly controversial with some fans. 

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, production designer Andrew Menzies confirmed that this version won't be as chatty as his small screen counterpart as he wanted to create a kaiju-like beast who would serve as a physical manifestation of Rita Repulsa's evil nature. "Dean and I talked about him being faceless and intimidating and characterless. He’s an extension of Rita that’s unstoppable."

Bizarrely, Menzies revealed that he based Goldar off a chocolate fountain as he has a melting form which is constantly changing. "I think as humans we always search for character in a face, and if it’s always shifting and changing, it becomes scary. If it moved like chocolate and kept flowing, you could never put your finger on it." That's a pretty unique sounding description, but one which makes a little more sense when Power Rangers director Dean Israelite weighs in on this version of the villain. 

"There’s something very beautiful about him," he explains. "All of the negative space that’s constantly in Goldar’s design feels very eerie, but on the other hand, he’s a kinetic sculpture."



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ODanil
ODanil - 3/9/2017, 11:43 AM
"negative space", more like "we didn't know what to put there"
TheLight
TheLight - 3/9/2017, 11:55 AM
@ODanil -
Faris
Faris - 3/9/2017, 1:24 PM
@TheLight - That's Michael Rosenbaum? Maan, he's got old!
TheLight
TheLight - 3/9/2017, 1:26 PM
@Faris - True. But still the best.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 3/10/2017, 2:58 AM
@ODanil - I think the use of negative space here is neat and kinda creepy
ODanil
ODanil - 3/10/2017, 6:36 AM
@ALostCause - me too, but I had to quickly come up with a first comment.

LoL
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 3/9/2017, 11:43 AM
Well that's not stupid at all
nibs
nibs - 3/9/2017, 11:44 AM
How big of a purist loser would you have to be to give a shit about a reinterpretation of Goldar?
auditore
auditore - 3/9/2017, 11:45 AM
it looks.....bad.....kinda..........good?.......average
WellDrawn
WellDrawn - 3/9/2017, 11:46 AM
GIVE THE RIGHTS BACK TO MARVEL!!!
TheLight
TheLight - 3/9/2017, 11:47 AM
@WellDrawn - Ha!
Luigi
Luigi - 3/9/2017, 12:04 PM
@WellDrawn - Disney did have the rights for a while, they could've made this but they didn't
Spider2YBanana
Spider2YBanana - 3/9/2017, 11:47 AM
#notmygoldar
TheLight
TheLight - 3/9/2017, 11:51 AM
@Spider2YBanana - This is how they justify their crappy redesigns.
McGee
McGee - 3/9/2017, 11:47 AM
I remember an episode...like...where they fought a giant flea.
McGee
McGee - 3/9/2017, 11:49 AM
Did that happen? I don't trust my memory. I used to sniff glue as a kid.

...I still do, but I used to too.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 3/9/2017, 12:05 PM
@McGee - the demons you carry rival a war veteran smh lol an i think it was a flea tho :/
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